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Critical Distance Centre for Curators Call for Artists, Public Art Billboard

The image is of a brick building with a public billboard displaying work by Yuhan Zheng located on the right. White banner on the bottom with pink and green text: "Critical Distance Centre for Curators Public Art Billboard Career Launcher OCAD U Call for Artists". CDCC, OCAD U CEAD and Career Launchers logo on bottom right.

Critical Distance Centre for Curators Call for Artists, Public Art Billboard

Deadline: Friday, April 12, 2024, 8:00 AM ET 

Learn more + Apply: https://careerlaunchers.format.com/2024-critical-distance-public-art-billboard-career-launcher

OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) and Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC) have partnered to co-create the Critical Distance Public Art Billboard Career Launcher. The opportunity will select a work from one (1) emerging artist to be exhibited at their public art billboard space on Shaw street in August/September 2024. An essay will be commissioned to accompany the work.

Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC), a not-for-profit gallery, publisher, and professional network devoted to the support and advancement of curatorial inquiry in Toronto, Canada, and beyond. With a focus on critically engaged, collaborative, and cross-disciplinary practices, underrepresented-artists and art forms, and community outreach and education in art and exhibition-making, Critical Distance is an open platform for diverse curatorial perspectives, and a forum for the exchange of ideas on curating as a way to connect, engage, and inform people and publics across cultures, disciplines, geographies, and generations.

The CEAD and CDCC are inviting emerging artists to submit existing works for consideration. Artists are asked to reflect on how their submission functions in a public art context in the surrounding neighbourhood. The Artist and the Writer will be added to the CDCC’s online database of artists, curators and writers. 

To see examples of past projects in the Shaw billboard space, visit CDCC’s website.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

The selected emerging artist will: 

  • Provide a high resolution print file to the CEAD and CDCC by mid-May 2024. 
    Specs are: 300 dpi CMYK, 96” x 96” with additional 2” bleed all around. TIFF, EPS or PDF file.
  • Be present for install in late July/early Aug, 2024. Exact date TBD with artist. 
  • Meet with the selected writer for the Critical Distance Exhibition Essay Career Launcher. Parties will be connected in mid-May, 2024

RATE

$650 Artist fee. Billboard production costs covered by the CEAD
 

QUALIFICATIONS
 

  • OCAD U students graduating in 2024 from any program. 
  • Artist must be able to provide a high resolution image of the selected artwork based on the specs provided
  • Priority will be given to applicants who have not previously received a Career Launcher opportunity.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
 

  • Contact info (Name, phone, and email)
  • Current creative CV
  • Website and/or social media handle
  • Artist statement/bio (150 words max)
  • A written response about the submitted works and on how it functions in a public art context in the surrounding neighbourhood. (100 words)
  • 1 - 3 images of to be considered, and a corresponding image list including: artist(s) name, title, year, medium, and dimensions

For more info about this and other Career Launchers visit www.careerlaunchers.format.com

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